Hacienda Venue Footage (FACT 71)

[1966spanner]

Getting was a trial, they would make you pay first then search you. They found a tiny bit of hash that been through the wash a few times and full of lint that they found, i told them to chuck it away but they decieded to give me a dig to the ribs and sling me out without my money, robbing twats.

I did go in a few times but found it full of people there just to say they had been there not to enjoy the club. The Boardwalk was better and just across the street from The Hacienda.

[MrChubbyness]

Lot of bitchin on a few of these Hac vids but fact is it was a real buzz at 17 just gettin in there in 89 until the old confidence grew then you'd be walking around like a veteran! and when the pills were still good there wasnt a great deal of trouble until the gangs took over later on through the 90s, I'd say best times were up to about 93 tunewise also

[Factory051]

whats this extended version of 52nd street? any ideas?

[hypercatjohn]

I'd kick a dogs head of to of been old enough to go to the Hac, nearly 29 now, wish I was nearly 49 so I'd of been there at the absolute peak of rave culture

[benno25]

haha big heavy glass beer mugs at @ 1.54, tut tut tut..what would health and safety these days have to say about that hahahaha

[FrancescaUK70]

I first went to the Hac in 1989 with my Mancunian cousin and had a blindin' night!!! I remember seeing the bloke from Candy bloody Flip fannying around in a poncho - the best, best, best thing was the high ceilings and the wicked flower lights - you never sweated in there - it was the BEST - the UK would have been a different place if it had never existed. Freedom to Party!!!!!!!!! xx

[ravingshavers]

We first set foot in the place in 82 and for the last time in June.99 at around 6.30am when it was squatted by the EF! ok cafe collective. With the police helicopter hovering overhead, fire-eaters & jugglers entertaining the cops with torches and video cameras on the railway line, and some of the best music I'd heard for years as a fitting soundtrack to the headline-grabbing curtain-closing battle going on below as word spread about the occupation, the night will go down in history.

[wiganlatics1111]

Peter hook at about the 30 second mark! Doing a bit of labouring!

[bitterfuse95]

Paul Cons was a promotional genius & dissapeared off the radar far too quickly. The last time I saw him was circa 1990, he was in a Tesco supermarket in Rugby arguing with a queer.

[MintLunty]

@bitterfuse95 I saw Paul in Selfridges a couple of years ago and also fiona who used to run the door!! I worked there between 89-91, wicked memories....

[bitterfuse95]

@MintLunty Wow! you were there when the place was at it's very peak, amazing times indeed.

[STEVEFINNERTY]

I lived in there for quite a while ,, never paid in never q'd up,,, used to get in on Evertons G'list,,,

nice one Ev,,!..

[dougiewhite778]

This clubs priority was the vibe and music thats why the runners had so many problems, i remember them giving out free pints of chilled water so noone collapsed

[parsonpickles]

saw some great gigs at the hac, johnny thunders, new model army, jesus and mary chain, pogues, hanoi rocks, spear of destiny, big audio dynamite.

[marcus7428]

man that tune is sick.. haha.. i could imagine bein fucked up to this

[outy1978]

Zooming down Whitworth street brings back so many memories! Strange seeing people dancing in the Hacienda years before Acid House even kicked off. lol

[rolybling]

I went to the Hacienda religiously every Friday night with my mate and fellow DJ, Danny D around 86, 87 and 88. Anyone who says it was over-rated is talking through their proverbial backside, it was wicked, good good memories. Just getting in was a task lol, those bouncers were knobheads, I ended up working for Factory at one of their other Manchester venues which got me free admission to the Hac, good times.

[mauricegiants]

what the fuck is that wicked tune

[RobNYC]

"Cool as ice" by 52nd Street.

[daleypetermeredydd]

Wasn't there a connection between 52nd Street and ACR?

[NIRAK47]

@mauricegiants i swear! daft punk for sure used this

[no2embish]

remember were the idea came from ny's studio 51 they had loads of clubs like the hac 5 years before over there. thank fuck tony wilson and others went over and brought the idea back...... what a club

[jonsi317]

top footage that like

nice one

[bobbitt187]

Manchester is the shit..If you think otherwise then you just dont get it and you are a full on oddbod or just plain not with it !! Ya get me!!:~)

[sjhuckerby]

i went hac in 1990 when i was just 19..changed me forever!!!!!! so sad when i went back down there 2 years ago to see it has apartments....how crap is that!

[messburglar]

@sjhuckerby 

[kickfostermac]

Great video thanx for posting.I'm from America so I never experienced the legendary Manchester scene.

[konspiracykid]

OK it's all over now.... thunderdome and Konspiracy were tonnes better anyway....it's just that Factory were good at public relations....mike pickering is over-rated, the Hac was over-rated and full of poseurs whppranced around in clothes from geese and the design centre..., Steve Williams please make a comeback

[bobbitt187]

banshee??

[igetwet]

OMG, I'm 30 and first went to the Hacienda at 16 yrs old in 1994 so I missed it's best years. But looking at this, I haven't seen a club like it since. What an amazing group of businesses under the FAC company with a fantastic outlook. Very sorely missed :(

[bernard12334]

surely manc council know how much piblicity the city got just from hac, why don't they just open another club like this? they turned hac into flats, apparantly they're turning warehouse proj into flats, if sankeys gets turned into flats that'l be it, an amazing city ruined because some people want somewhere to live, it's bullshit

[igetwet]

It was gangland that got the Hacienda closed down. Greed, drugs, power struggles, guns. Bastards. Now the 2 men responsible are dead, both murdered, so there was no need to close it. Ironic. And a property developer just saw an opportunity to make big bucks with the slogan "Now the party's over, you can come home." There are too many apartments in the city and not enough people who want to live in them anymore. Theres thousands empty. Serves themselves right. Greedy bastards.

[Idol2Idol]

Well said mate. Im fed up with these greedy fucks ruining cities

[ev3nflow]

15 years old first went into the hacienda..the year was 1985.

Never looked back..

My first live gig there was of all the gigs ive ever been to since, never going to be topped..

the gig was 'Mantronix' and it was fucking stellar..

And i was lucky enough to see the start of what was.. acid house. 1987-8 glory years for sure..

Long live the 51..

[FatMoses46]

R.I.P Madchester Era - only decent places in Manc now are Sankeys and Wraehouse Project!

[RobDeManc]

Nothing comes even close to the coolness of the Hacienda back then. Amazing to see all those acts performing.

[webouwantme3000]

my uncle used to breakdance at the hac, wish i was around thows days

[ItTouchedMe]

sankeys is ancoats

[Metromedia2008]

nice vid, whats the overdubbed track?

[nrb85]

Cool As Ice by 52nd Street

[tonydalymaccom]

Has, best club ever, but what about the parties after under the arches, cars would just pull up and listen to the loudest car stereo. un ber fuckin livable. Lets av it.

T

[ucla4eva]

I was always fascinated with those railway arch parties,but I was only a kid in the south back then.I lived in Longsight in the late 90's and we used to wander around them arches under the station wondering what had happened way back then...

[paypartyguy]

Sadly I was born in '87 so I was too late for the Hac. But it's spirit still lives on in the UK in Manchester. E's and that drug culture will remain the ode to club, the city, it's people and the man himself, Mr TONY WILSON. So next time you drop a tab, think of Mr Wilson. "Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs." -Tony in 24HPP

[katiemayjames]

the guy at 1.21 is Divine, he sang Walk Like a Man

[dannycooke91]

whos that guy at 1.21 ?

[Tonymockler]

bring back Fac 51

[melvinceltic]

where the the dance police at 2.17-2.31, i'd have kicked the cunts out for bringing the place down if i was Tony Wilson - thought the Hac was for cool kids ;O)

[MG3AEH]

GOD Bless Tony Wilson & Co!

[sophiesgem]

God I miss that place!

[Wearenotreallyhere]

I go to a few gigs still in Manchester and I have to say there's fucking NOWHERE clubwise to go after ! Just non descript soul-less vacuous bars . So much good the Hac did.

[salfordsredarmy]

sankeys is good...bit out of the way in ardwick tho but it was voted 17th best nightclub in the world so cant be too bad. but i agree manchester is shit it just caters for the upper class and students theres not enough 'proper' night clubs playin 'proper' dance music for working class people in and around manchester, it takes the piss!

[NAH1HODGE]

too true

[Idol2Idol]

Same here in Glasgow bro, Its getting to pretentious. I have to admit though when Ive been down in Manchester Ive had a good time. Was in the Thirsty Scholar and this other palce that was a former public lav lol

[salfordsredarmy]

Haha!! Excuse my ignorence but from what I've heard about Glasgow I never thought it'd be a pretencious place, I suppose the same could be said of Manc though it ain't got the best rep neither. Yeah but Manchester seems to be on the resurgence now. Warehouse Project, Paradise Factory, Sankeys, Area 51, Venus, something's building in Manchester recently. The Indie scene's really coming to life as well!!

[bobbitt187]

do you actually think about what you are typing?? factory is a legendary indie record label from manchester!! i forgive you if you are really young but if not you should know better and use your swede!!

[salfordsredarmy]

I'm 21 so I don't know if that's really young but what I wrote was pretty valid I think, things died down in Manchester but it seems to be coming back to life, I think that's a fair comment!

[bobbitt187]

fair do's kid.. im 33 so i remember the late 80's indie scene..my curtains, bell bottoms, aztec hoodies and wallabees and top shopping in afleks palace when there were no wierd cyberpunk gay fetish crap shops in there and you could buy wicked posters at the top of the stairs!! :~) In my opinion the only places In the whole world that are on par with Manchester for producing such great indie gear are Chicago, Detroit and obviuosly Kingston J.A.!!

[salfordsredarmy]

I think what you mean by Indie might have changed since then though, Indie pretty much covers the new rock sort of bands nowadays. But things are definitely back on the up in Manchester. There's loads new clubs, bands and events happening in Manchester that just aren't elsewhere. I suppose it's upto us again to get the rest of the country partying ;-)~

[Canashea]

Wish i went there!

[spangla777]

Was there in 88-91

[karennuttall]

i was at the wearhouse project-hacienda the lost weekends gig last nite and still recovering, and it was rammed, 30 to 40 sometings reliving it, and born to late crowd, including my 18yrs daughter her best mate and her boyfriend, were dancin like crazy waving there hands in the air. so it aint dead and it will be remembered 4ever. A guy called gerald, wot a cool guy, top tunes.And Hookie looked like he was avin it large up on that stage, perfect venue, brought back dem feelings,xkx 1963

[drlight0]

ok everyone needs to shut the hell up - all you hoightey british wanks thinkin you're hot shit cause you were 'there' or you were a head on the scene. fuck it - its dead. its been dead for 10+ years. old enough to be forgotten. let it die enough to feed the growth of something new and more positive.

everyone relax and just look at the lighting board at 2:34 - thats hot shit - focus on its wood paneled joy.

[dave1stbarton]

we harp on about it cos it left a lasting impression in our hearts! As for "hoightey" remark? What you saying...? I was around in Manchester for many years and most of the people i associated with were fuckin ruthless. However, clubs like the Hac stopped people from fighting each other all the time. If you are into club - tell me in ten years time one that still gives you so much desire to re live! I bet none, and then you will understand the influence of the Hacienda!

[spacecowboy22]

Amen dude, goin to a reunion toneet beltin cocker :)

[subsub808]

Well said, couldnt agree more

[spacecowboy22]

lol no idea.... no I D E A pmsl! idiot........

[HouseMuzikcouk]

Also have you seen the dancing at 2.33 !!!

thank god for ecstacy!! lol

:-)

[HouseMuzikcouk]

It seems very odd that over such a great informative video there should be so much bullshit written by people arguing over what appears to be nothing! very odd..

surely everyone knows manchester's better than london (sic)

anyway about the footage..

amazing to see peter hook helping out with all the lugging around when it was his GOD DAM money that paid for the place.. crazy!

But god bless the Hac - Life wouldnt have been the same without it.

Rennie

[mrdisco]

Love the 52nd Street playing in the background

[yz10]

Hi there, can you tell me what this track is called, what mix and maybe even what label it's on? I'd be really happy to find it...

Thanks, Rob.

[leonrbrts]

It's 'Cool As Ice' by 52nd Street on Factory. It's the dub mix BTW

[vickijones2706]

Its Fac 51

not 71

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[TheHomeOfUkOldSkool]

vicki the fac71 title refers to the actual factory records catalogue number for the video

also clips of it are on a vhs -fac54

FAC 54

Hacienda Construction Video

[NO2oldPerverRobRight]

Is it the puerile stench of your stagnant existence that fills your tiny mind with hate or is it that you were abused by family members? Were you going to answer? Oh, please don't we're bored of you as it is... oh, go on then you sad old man with children as friends. Their father's have been informed.

[NO2oldPerverRobRight]

I think, as any and ALL readers of this thread will concur, we are without doubt your intellectual superior, younger, healthier, with oodles more life ahead of us and we all have bigger genitalia than you. You're a 57 year old with Youtube 'friends' old enough to be your grandchildren --17 year old girls. You're immoral.

[wormboy30]

Your wrong Prof.55 people (not just chidren) have been fatal victims of gun crime in Manchester since 1999.Not every month.

I think you will find Hull tops most polls as the worst place to live in England.

Manchester was built on rain because it was ideal for the cotton industry.Which leads on to what Manchester has given the world.The Industrial Revolution.The Trade Union Movement.The Communist Manifesto.The Computer.What has London given the world Chaz and Dave.

[syrett76]

What is your problem - have you got nothing better to do? "bum rape"? Go and end your hate filled life. Prick

[hypercatjohn]

youre a scumbag lad.

[carolwade]

OMG!!! There really WAS NO AMERICAN NEW WAVE! This video makes me realize it, after growing up in 1980s America, listening to almost 100% smart, UK-grown New Wave. I grabbed my iPod to be sure I wasn't dreaming...just 4 US New Wave bands in there: Blondie, Pretenders, DEVO, Talking Heads. Blondie had Nigel Harrison, Pretenders would've been a VERY different band had Hynde not spent years in UK before finding Farndon and Honeyman-Scott, and Talking Heads and DEVO had ENO...'nuff said.

[hypercatjohn]

Well, without sounding big headed, just about all music in existence is created and refined in the uk. obvious exceptions would be rap and raggae!

[scottfranciscameron]

RIP Tony, Mr AHW, Mr Manchester or Mr Salford as he would prefer.

[chemicalboy1uk]

A new york disco on whitworth street. You must be mad.

thank god for the Hac.

[ad586]

What's the name of the tune?

52nd street "cold as ice".....

[cantsin]

fantastic pre 88 footage - you can see why 88 had to happen tho...

[Bowerfold]

I really preferred the Hac before the acid house thing (I was there and watched it all kick off). Certainly no drugs gangs gave a toss about a bunch of weirdly dressed arty kids. As soon as it became the place to be seen, it just attracted a bunch of fashionista poseurs.

[ptambient]

What's the name of the tune?

[bodinedrums]

A few familiar old faces there.

[dommoir]

students

[discocircus]

Wonderful. Thankyou